Tom McMurtrie

Thousands have taken to the City of Ann Arbor's expanded composting program. It now allows residents to add all food scraps to their composting carts, and keeps the material out of landfills, benefiting the environment and, ultimately, the budget. WEMU's David Fair discusses the early successes of the program with Ann Arbor Solid Waste Coordinator, Tom McMurtrie

Plate scrapings are now being accepted in Ann Arbor composting carts. The city added the food scraps this year after a study of residential trash found about half of it was food that could be composted.